Mark Steadman
My mum thinks I’m an internet thought leader. I haven’t had the heart to tell her I just have a microphone and some good intentions.
Appears in 59 Episodes
Top 5 physicists who influence our daily lives
We’re all standing on the shoulders of giants. And there are no more impressive shoulders to stand on than the great physicists of the 19th and 20th centuries.This wee...
Top 5 ways to tame your brain gremlins
Hands up who overthinks stuff? Did you really put your hand up? Is anyone else putting theirs up? Did you put yours up too quickly? Maybe you were too slow? And what i...
Top 5 Weird Al songs that aren’t parodies
Staple a jelly doughnut to your ear, set your spleen to channel 27 and ask your favourite albino squirrel to a dance. Lex Friedman joins Mark to discuss their top-5 so...
Top 5 songs that drag us to the dance floor
Rhythm is a dancer. The rhythm is gonna get ya. And you must not, under any circumstances, stop the beat.This week, Stephanie Fuccio joins Mark to pick their top 5 son...
Top 5 androids from sci-fi movies
Whether they go “pew pew”, “what is this thing called ‘love’?” or “Give me your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle”, androids have, it turns out, been a staple o...
Top 5 piano pop acts
Whether you like to bash away at them or tickle them gently, you can get a lot of beautiful noise out of 88 keys.Jon Hickman rejoins Mark to discuss their top-5 piano ...
Top 5 James Bond gadgets
Nothing is ever quite as it seems in the world of spies. A watch isn’t just a watch – it’s a deadly weapon. That phonebooth? Also a weapon. Bag pipes? Weapon. This san...
Top 5 ways we can actually make a difference
The world faces a host of very real and serious dangers. But if you believe there’s nothing little ol’ us can do, it’s probably because that’s what certain people want...
Top 5 ways to explore a new city solo
What should you do, eat, drink, look for or avoid while traveling alone to a new city?Arielle Nissenblatt, podcast maven and former List Envy guest, returns to decide ...
Top 5 real-world inventions inspired by sci-fi
What do mechanical limbs, credit cards, and the atomic bomb have in common? They all had their roots in science fiction.Ashley Hamer joins Mark to rank real-world inve...
Top 5 sonic logos
Just like every brand has a visual logo, every accomplished brand has an audio – or sonic – logo too. Everything from the Netflix “tudum” to the noise your computer ma...
Season 3 begins April 16th
List Envy is returning, with a brand new set of comedians, writers, performers, and layabouts. Join Mark and his guests every week as they continue to rank things in o...
Top 5 modern indie bands
Indie music blogger Kamala Adams joins Mark to discuss all things modern indie, and to define what “modern” means.Kamala setup and writes for The Indie Scene, a blog c...
Top 5 albums of 2020
Mark talks vinyl and hunts down new music to enjoy, with music podcaster Elliott Farrar.Elliott is one half of the Scratched Record podcast, which you can find in all ...
Top 5 ways to procrastinate
Mark is joined by super-talented singer-songwriter Bryony Williams. Bryony realised she could sing in her early teens, and spent most of her mid-to-late teens honing h...
Top 5 positive tech developments for musicians
Mark kicks off a music mini-season with artist manager Ella Gregg, who’s been supporting emerging music artists since she was a teenager.Tech has always been an import...
Top 5 fictional librarians
Many people are intrigued by the depiction of their profession in popular fiction, and none more so than librarians, like this week’s guest Owen Stephens.You can follo...
Top 5 biopics
Whether they cover an entire life or centre on a pivotal moment, biopics are often Oscar fodder, and are frequently conic. In this episode, Mark and podcaster and web ...
Top 5 subtly life-changing non-fiction books
Journalist Eliza Lita is a self-confessed bookworm, but her early reading focused more on non-fiction work. As a result, she’s picked up a wide variety of useful knowl...
Top 5 rewards of urban walking
Mark is joined by nature lover and avid walker Sue Burlton, and together they uncover the joys of a good stretch of the legs. If you’re planning a stroll, this will ma...
Top 5 point-and-click adventure games
Developer of horror video games including Butterfly Collector, Valerie Paris joins Mark to discuss point-and-click adventure games you’ll remember, and one or two you’...
Top 5 tips for working in the creative sector
Mark is joined by the Creative Director at Worcester-based design, branding and development agency WeAreBeard, Dave Webb, to share his top tips for working in the kind...
Top 5 time-travel romance films
Time-travel films are often about fixing the big things, so says this week’s guest, Karl Hodge, but time-travel romance films address the small things that keep us awa...
Top 5 people from Birmingham
This week’s guest is musician, DJ and producer Kevin Kerr, and on the list is top people from Birmingham in the UK, or as we have them, Brummies.Follow @RustyNailsBeat...
Top 5 moments of anarchism
This week’s guest is Liam Barrington-Bush, a Bristol-based activist who helps organisations think more like people, and has loads of real-world experience of how peopl...
Top 5 golden-age arcade games
Today Mark is talking the golden age of arcade games, which ran from 1979 til around 1983. Mark and Nick start with their own childhood arcade memories, and Mark gets ...
Spooky stories: Part 2
Mark is joined once more by Cat Turner and Tom Clabon to swap spooky stories. If you haven’t already checked out part one, you can do so now.
Spooky stories: Part 1
List Envy is back in the new year with a new slate of guests and lists. To get us back into the spirit, Mark called up previous guests Cat Turner and Tom Clabon to swa...
Top 5 UK garden birds
Mark chats with casual birder Suzy Buttress about features, song and flight.Suzy has specific criteria she uses to judge the quality of birds (which makes her a List E...
Top 5 films about computers
Mark is joined by podcaster and self-confessed computer nerd Nick Moreton, to talk about films where people talk about mainframes and UNIX systems.There are quite a fe...
